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Hawaiian Islands Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs / July 11-12, 2025

Posted by Glenn

The latest update to this website was at 1010am Friday (HST)

Here are the highest temperatures Thursday…and the lowest Friday morning:

84 – 75 Lihue AP, Kauai
84 – 72 Molokai AP, Molokai
86 – 72 Kahului AP, Maui
86 – 74 Kona AP, Big Island
84 – 67 Hilo, AP, Big Island

Here are the latest 24-hour precipitation totals (inches) for each of the islands as of Friday morning:

0.78 Mount Waialeale, Kauai
1.52 Schofield East, Oahu
0.70 Puu Alii, Molokai
0.03 Lanai City, Lanai
1.22 West Wailuaiki, Maui
0.45 Kaloko-Honokohau, Big Island

>>> There are lots of locations that measure rainfall and winds, here’s a map of all areas for your reference (the map is clickable to zoom in closer)

The following numbers represent the strongest wind gusts (mph) as of Friday morning:

20 Port Allen, Kauai
28 Makapulapai, Oahu
27 Makapulapai, Molokai
29 Lanai 1, Lanai
44 Kealaloloa Rg, Maui
50 Puuloa, Big Island

Hawaii’s Mountains – Here’s a link to the live webcams on the summit of our tallest mountain Mauna Kea (~13,800 feet high) on the Big Island of Hawaii, and atop the Haleakala Crater (~10,023 feet) on Maui. These webcams are available during the daylight hours here in the islands, and at night whenever there’s a big moon shining down. Also, at night you will be able to see the stars, and the sunrise and sunset too…depending upon weather conditions.

Big Blue…click twice for largest version

Thunderstorm clusters well south in the deeper tropics

Low clouds being carried our way on the trade winds

High level clouds are absent for the time being

Localized showers

Kauai and Oahu (Satellite)

Kauai and Oahu (Radar)

Oahu and Maui County (Satellite)

Oahu and Maui County (Radar)

Maui, Kahoolawe, Lanai, and the Big Island (Satellite)

Maui County and the Big Island (Radar)

Big Island (Radar)

Model showing precipitation through 8-days (you can slow this animation down)

Please open this link to see details on any current Watches, Warnings and Advisories noted above

~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~

Glenn’s Aloha Friday comments: I’m home here in upper Kula, Maui, Hawaii.

It’s partly to mostly cloudy here in Maui County this morning. The low temperature at my place was 56 degrees.

839am, clear to partly cloudy, and nice beginning to this last day of the work week, of course in my case, I don’t have any last days of the work week…hahaha!

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Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview: High pressure far north and northeast of the state will maintain moderate to locally breezy trades today, with winds starting to weaken over the weekend. Expect to see fairly typical summertime weather into next week, as clouds and showers favor windward and mountain areas.

Hawaii’s Weather Details: A moderately strong high pressure system remains well to the north-northeast of the islands, and will continue to bring moderate to locally breezy trade winds to our area. The high is expected to drift northward over the weekend into next week, which will allow for a bit of a down shift in our wind speedsd tonight and tomorrow.

Showery low clouds continued to impact portions of Maui County and Oahu overnight. The back end of this area is expected to reach the islands later this morning. As such, look for improving conditions today. The northern edge is moving over the Kauai Channel, but it remains to be seen if the area holds together enough to impact Kauai.

The high is expected to slowly move north over the weekend, which will help the trades to weaken some. A drier airmass is expected to move in, with limited clouds and showers mainly impacting the north and east sections of the island chain.

The one wrinkle to the forecast will be the evolution of an upper level disturbance to the north of the islands. This disturbance could help to enhance instability over the western half of the state, which could bring some enhanced showers this weekend and early next week.

Here’s a near real-time Wind Profile of the Pacific Ocean – along with a Closer View of the islands / Vog map animation

Hawaii’s Marine Environment: High pressure far northeast will continue to drive moderate to locally strong trade winds. A Small Craft Advisory remains in effect for the typical windy waters around Maui County and Big Island. There will be a minor lull in trade speeds early Saturday, as the pressure gradient from the high northeast of the state relaxes a bit. While the high will pull away further to the north early next week, the gradient will remain tight enough across the nearshore waters to result in several more days of moderate to locally strong trades.

The recent small, long period south swell will continue its gradual decline. A reinforcing longer period south swell is scheduled to arrive Saturday. This little boost, combined with another small, long period south swell arriving Sunday night into Monday, will hold south shore surf to slightly under summertime averages. East-facing shore surf will remain rough, as moderate to fresh trades blow. A very small northwest swell may pass through early next week. This will keep north shore surf from going completely flat.